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This week I had the chance and the honor to work on the translation of a framework for one of the most popular SNS out there. It was a very interesting translation, quite technical with a large number of fairly…

Christmas is always an exciting time for gamers from all over the world. This is even more true this year with the release of two new gaming systems: Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4. With these releases and the…

CAT tools are complex and not always programmed as well as they should be. Some of their bugs can be hard to understand and in the end the tools that are supposed to save use time actually cost us some.…

Working with a glossary or list of terms is essential to ensure consistent translations. Sometimes, I am asked to use certain glossaries, but most of the time I am allowed to choose freely the terms I use for IT projects.…

2019 update: After a few years working on several dozens of cloud-related projects, I can confirm “cloud computing” and “cloud” are the most common forms in French as well. “informatique en nuage” and “infonuage” do occasionally show up, but the…

I am often asked what tools I use or can use for translation and checking my work. I will work with SDL Trados Studio 2011 most of the time, because it can handle pretty much all the types of files…

Although I will be available for new translation projects for most of the winter holidays (and winter in general), please note that I won’t be available at all on December 5th and December 26th. These days off won’t affect my…

This week I had the chance to translate Mozello, from Blumentals Solutions, into French. Mozello is an extremely user-friendly and convenient CMS for creating websites, blogs and more. It allows people who don’t have any IT/computer knowledge to create their…

Here are a few links to profiles I have online, describing my background and my work history as a professional English to French translator: http://www.proz.com/profile/1426501 http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/member178802.htm http://www.translatorstown.com/profile/42860 http://www.translatorpub.com/sections/misc/freelancer_details.asp?freelancer_id=15529 My profile on JAT’s website And the one on JTF’s website https://www.iapti.org/anthony-teixeira/…

After hearing so many good things about this software, I finally decided to start working with Antidote. Antidote is an advanced French text checker. It features a very powerful spell/grammar checker, and incredibly complete dictionaries and style guides. Compared to…